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09-16-2003, 08:50 PM #26Disabled
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From my 10 years living in the Caribbean and studying hurricane paths and trends, I can confidently say that hurricanes do not gain strength in shallow water or over land.
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09-16-2003, 08:51 PM #27WHT Addict
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<ssshhhhhh> some weather guy in Chicago thinks they do.
I spent a lot of time climbing the ladder of life.
Then... I found out it was leaning against the wrong wall.
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09-16-2003, 09:15 PM #28Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by blue27
From my 10 years living in the Caribbean and studying hurricane paths and trends, I can confidently say that hurricanes do not gain strength in shallow water or over land.Laura K.
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09-17-2003, 09:06 AM #29Web Hosting Master
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i have it
Ok, i have found secondary evidence for my comment on storm growth.
If you wish to humour me, go to http//www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive
then click Listen Live
then go to the right of the window, click "Up All Night 1am-2am"
5 minutes and 20 seconds in, a piece on Hurricane Isabelle begins, in the intro, ref another source; the presenter says " forcasters say Hurrican Isabelle could strengthen as it passes over the east coast"
I think that clears me of spouting rubbish, even though i wasn't behind it as such.
The section does also reveal how well prepared they are as well.
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09-17-2003, 09:53 AM #30Web Hosting Master
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I lived in Tampa Bay for quite a long time ... and all I have to say is that Hurricanes SUCK!
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09-17-2003, 10:48 AM #31Web Hosting Master
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I lived in Wilmington, NC during the mid-80's to mid-90's, when it became known as the "hurricane capitol" of the U.S... I think we got 3 or 4 near direct hits during my time there. We usually just went 2 or 3 hours inland, got a hotel room and no one ever gave us crap about taking our cats. We lost a few shingles and a shed or two, but that's about it. The worst was whenwe lost all the piers at Wrightsville and Kure beach, not sure if they rebuilt them.
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09-17-2003, 05:10 PM #32Web Hosting Evangelist
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I'm about 20 minutes outside of DC, and people here are pretty freaked out. Home Depot and Target are sold out of all flashlights, and D cell batteries... Hurry, Buy Buy!
I have a boat in DC, on the potomac, and went down to tie it up (doubling up the ropes, etc), and was surprised to find that the marina was entirely full, alot of boats electing not to pull out of the water.
I'll probably end up just sitting in my basement with a couple of friends riding it out. I supposeKeep your customers in the know with www.KnownOutage.com - free alerting software that you host. Did I mention that it's free?
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09-17-2003, 07:47 PM #33Web Hosting Master
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Hurricane Party time!
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09-18-2003, 08:40 AM #34Web Hosting Master
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I live in New Jersey (Right by Philly) and I can tell you the wind kicked up this morning.
Also they changed the path to be closer to us. And this baby has a double wall right now.
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09-18-2003, 11:18 AM #35Web Hosting Master
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So we have impact, the strongest winds are now coming ashore.
Heavy Flooding in coastal towns. Southern Nags Head now cut off, winds less than expected currently, flooding becoming the major threat and problem now.
Projected path, N-NE
>> Associated Press